Reflections On The Sana AI Summit In New York City

This week I attended the Sana AI Summit in NYC (sanalabs.com/events/sana-ai-summit-2026), so I wanted to share the various conversations and new ideas that came from this multi-disciplinary meeting. I hope my summary helps you see some of the bigger issues at play here.

Will AI destroy the job market? What is the real economic value so far? What is the difference between AI and humans? How safe is AI in reality? And how can we use AI to really better our lives, careers, and companies?

I hope my summary gives you some new ideas to think about as this technology permeates our lives and businesses. (And I recommend Geoffrey Hinton’s discussion for a listen.)

Speaker
Role / affiliation listed

Tyler Cowen
Economist and author

Geoffrey Hinton
Computer scientist and “Godfather of AI”

Anton Osika
Co-Founder, Lovable

Lauren Crichton
Vice President, Sana

Benjamín Labatut
Writer

Aneel Bhusri
Co-founder, CEO and Chair, Workday

Jasmine Sun
Tech anthropologist

Joel Hellermark
Founder and CEO, Sana

Sara Imari Walker
Astrobiologist

Ethan Mollick
Professor of Entrepreneurship

Anu Atluru
Essayist and technologist